Table of Contents
The Islamic Need for Physical Culture
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From your Editor-in-Chief comes an introductory essay for our fitness section, detailing the crucial need for Muslims, both men and women, to restore physicality to an important place in our cultures.
Modernity & the Exploitation of the Human Mind
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STOIC continues what has now become our QAWWAM Reflections feature, delivering a contemplative piece on the NPCification of moderns and how to escape it.
In Defense of Polygyny
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Two pseudonymous writers, ABU ILHAM & SAAD, bring us an unapologetic essay with an unconventional approach to the question: Should Muslim men care about having multiple wives?
Al-Malik al-Zahir Baybars
In this issue’s edition of FIRASAH, we take a look at the life and exploits of the great Sultan, who through his efforts laid the foundation for Mamluk rule in the Levant and Egypt for hundreds of years to come.
One on One with Hasan Spiker
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Our founder Abdullah sits down with HASAN SPIKER, philosopher and author from Cambridge, to discuss his latest book Hierarchy & Freedom, and other related topics.
Intro to 40 Hadith on Masculinity
NABEEL AZEEZ from MuslimMan shares with us the introduction to the collaborative book “40 Hadith on Masculinity, How to Be a Good Man”, bringing a sweet deal for QAWWAM readers who are interested in the full thing.
Portrait of the Modern Mujahid
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An insightful essay from IBAD, fiery and uncompromising, with an interesting take on how aspects of the Muslim Warrior can be understood through Jungian Archetypes and applied to modern situations.
The Creed of the Mountains – An Excerpt
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For our fiction section, author and martial artist FERDAWS ASHRATI shares an excerpt from his Muslim War novel The Creed of the Mountains, telling the story of a group of Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet Invasion. Based on true accounts.
Silent Minbars
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ABDUL gives a rundown of the contemporary Muslim Zeitgeist, the various challenges and ills facing us and what can be done as a start to counter it.